Staying Alive! - Top 10 Ways to Generate MLM Leads Online

The life blood of any internet or network marketer is lead generation. How many times have we heard before that "The Money Is In the List?" As a new internet marketer generating leads can seem to be a daunting task. Most of us don't know where to begin. Here is a list of the top 10 ways to generate leads online:

1. Blogging
Every internet marketer should have a blog. It is your piece of real estate on the web. All of your videos, articles, affiliate offers, and social media links should all tie back into your blog. It is like the central nervous system of your business. You could go to Blogger.com to start a blog or if you choose to pay for your own hosting your could go to Wordpress.org for your blog and a site like Host Gator to host your site.

2. Solo Ads
Since you don't have a list of your own yet you can use someone else's. What you do is pay to send and email out to someone else's list. These lists usually have thousands of people on them so if you send out a good message you should be able to generate a lot of leads from this method. There are hundreds of lists out there but just to name a few you could go to: Top Surfer, GotSafeLists and Planet X-mail.

3. Video Marketing
Video marketing is a great way to connect with people. The already know what you look like and sound like before you ever even meet. Your prospects feel like they already know you. It is a great way to generate leads because you can post a link to your website or capture page in the video details section. Some great sites to post are You Tube,MetaCafe, and Revver.

4. Article Marketing
Article Marketing is a great way to get lead especially for the long term. Your article stays on the internet forever which guarantees you leads for years to come. When you become a published author people respect that and you become seen as an expert in your field. Some great places to post your articles are EzineArticles, Go Articles, and Article Dashboard, just to name a few.

5. Forum Marketing
Join forums that center around your niche that you are marketing. Participate in the forum chat rooms by answering a question. Always sign your name with a link to your website. Make sure that you are providing useful information and not just spamming the group. A good place to look for Forums of any interest is Yahoo groups.

6. Social Media
Social Media sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are great sites to get free leads. On Facebook and MySpace you can join various groups on any interest in the universe. You can connect with people based on like interests. Once you get a good amount for friends you can then form a group and invite your friends to the group. You can then let your friends within the group know if you have an event or a new blog post all at once.

7. Webinar or Teleconference
Offer your prospects a webinar or teleconference. Make sure to provide valuable content and offer the webinar on a regular basis. A popular service right now is GotoWebinar which is provided at gotomeeting.com. You can do a teleconference for free at FreeConference.com.

8. Pay Per Click (PPC)
This is an excellent way to generate leads if you have the money. With this method, instead of being charged for publication or ad exposure, your ads are run for free. You only pay for it if someone clicks your link to your website. This is a more advanced method. With this method there is no guarantee of results. If you get right though, PPC can deliver highly targeted qualified leads. You can place PPC ads on search engines like Google and Yahoo.

9. Press Releases
When you create a press release what you are writing about must be newsworthy. For example maybe your company has just launched a new product or service or there may be an annoucement about a hot topic that people in your industry would be interested in. Press Releases are a great way to get a rush of leads. They can also act an article if it is well written key word rich because it will be picked up by the search engines and it will then give you a steady stream of in the long term.

10. Free E-book or Report
Offer your prospects a free gift or report if they opt into your website. You will be giving them something of value. Later on, when you offer them something that they have to pay for then they may be more open to doing so at that time. Free E-book Explosion is one site where you can get E-books for free.

If you get started with a couple of these methods this week, then you are guaranteed to generate quality targeted leads. Don't overwhelm yourself, just start with a couple of the methods and then master them. As you get more proficient, you can take on more methods as you grow in your knowledge of internet marketing.